I had decided to make this my winter project, but it has started raining, and now I've got a 3rd cutting of hay on my hands. I bought it from an equipment jockey, but he seems to have gone thru it pretty thouroughly. New bearings, and belt, that sort of thing. Problem is, I have never ran one, and I don't think I'm smart enough to hook the thing up. Either that, or it needs some modifications. I have figured out how it clamps to the two lower arms of my 3 point hitch, and everything is there to accomplish it. It has what appears to be an original 8n top link, incorported into a large spring. It's only adjustable by moving bolts. I can't get the crazy thing to run level on none of the settings. Can I remove that, and run it with a traditional top link? The spring is also so tight, that its as hard to hook up as my disc mower.